May 15, 2026AXIS1-0025Right
Hannes Brecher: Cirqa will passively track steps
CIRQA would track steps.
Hannes Brecher reported that a leaked retailer listing showed Garmin's screenless Cirqa band would passively track steps along with heart rate and calories, per Tom's Guide.
How to read this record
- What was reportedCIRQA would track steps.
- Who said it, and whenHannes Brecher reported it on May 15, 2026 in Tom's Guide.
- What happened, and whenGarmin Cirqa Smart Band was announced on Jul 21, 2026, 67 days after this report.
- The verdict, and whyRightIt turned out the way this report said.Why: Garmin says CIRQA tracks daily steps.
What do these words mean?
- Right
- It turned out the way this report said.
- Partly right
- Some of this was right and some of it was not.
- Wrong
- It did not turn out this way.
- Moving target
- This was right about the plan at the time. The company then changed it.
- Never settled
- The company has announced the product and nobody ever confirmed or denied this.
- Not comparable
- This measured a different thing from the number the company published, so the two cannot be compared.
- No outcome yet
- Nothing has happened yet that would prove this right or wrong.
- Not checked yet
- The company has answered this. We have not finished checking this one.
- Checked
- Checked means the company has since given an answer and we compared it with what was reported. Details still waiting on an answer, details nothing can settle, details where the plan itself changed, and details we have not finished reviewing are all counted separately and are not part of that number.
- Moving target
- A moving target is a report that described the plan accurately at the time, on a product the company then changed. We count these on their own: it would flatter a reporter to call them right, and it would blame a reporter for a decision that was not theirs to call them wrong.
- Reported by
- Hannes Brecher
- We read it in
- Tom's Guide
- Product
- Garmin Cirqa Smart Band · reported as “Garmin Cirqa”